Geological Intimacy (Yo no hana)
'This project marks the first time Halperin has exhibited in Japan and
Aberdeen and continues a historical narrative between Kyushu and
Aberdeen which began with the 19th Century ‘Scottish Samurai’ merchant
Thomas Blake Glover.
For 20 years, Ilana Halperin dreamt about Beppu. In 1995, back in the
urban geology of New York City, she found a book on the street about
volcanoes. A chapter on Beppu featured – with photographs of children
cooking eggs on the streets, steam coming through every crack in the
sidewalk, and a pool as red as blood. In New York, steam vents erupted
at every corner, but these were industrial rather than natural. She
imagined a correlation between her home city and Beppu, a place with
steaming vents and boiling springs, where daily life was lived and
informed by a direct relationship with geothermal phenomena.'
Opening: Thursday 30th March, 6-8pm.
Exhibition runs: 31st March – 29th April 2017
Location: Peacock Visual Arts
21 Castle Street
Aberdeen
AB11 5BQ
Curator’s tour: 22nd April 2017, 3pm
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